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Table 6 Time to reassessment according to patient case categories

From: Factors influencing general practitioners’ decisions about cardiovascular disease risk reassessment: findings from experimental and interview studies

 

Patient case category (% of cases)

 

A

Ai

Aii

B

C

D

 

High IRa lower ARb (combined)

High IR lower AR (BP onlyc)

High IR Lower AR (chol. onlyd)

High IR High ARe

Lower IR High AR

Lower IR Lower AR

N = 788

N = 398

N = 390

N = 214

N = 277

N = 206

Time to reassessment

      

< 1 month

17

29

4

45

11

1

1 to <3 months

34

47

21

38

34

4

3 to <6 months

24

14

35

15

34

15

6 to <12 months

18

8

28

1

14

31

12 to <24 months

6

1

10

1

7

39

24 or more months

1

1

2

0

0

10

  1. aHigh IR: elevated individual risk factor
  2. blower AR: low or moderate absolute risk (≤15 %)
  3. cBP only: systolic blood pressure ≥147 mmHg
  4. dcholesterol only: total cholesterol/HDL ratio ≥6.5 mmol/L
  5. eHigh AR: >15 %